Proposed development of Land at Perton South Staffordshire Landscape-led Residential Masterplanning Representation Report on behalf of Barberry December 2019 One Creative Environments Ltd 5, The Triangle, Jubilee House, 21st Floor, Wildwood Drive, 197-213 Oxford Street, Alpha Tower, Worcester. Soho, Suffolk Street, WR5 2QX London. W1D 2LF Birmingham. B1 1TT. T: 01905 362300 T: 0203 8701645 T: 0121 3213876 www.oneltd.com www.oneltd.com www.oneltd.com LAP-ONE-ZZ-XX-RP-L-0001(P02) Consultant Team Preface Contents Masterplanning, This landscape-led masterplanning Landscape + Visual Representation Report has been prepared 1. Introduction by One Creative Environments Ltd. on behalf of Barberry to support the promotion Introduction.......................................................................................05 Planning Consultants of Land at Perton in the South Staffordshire’s Vision..................................................................................................07 + Ecologists Local Plan. Site Location + Context...................................................................09 This document has been prepared as part of a suite of representation reports Transport Consultants and is intended to assist the Council with 2. The Site its consideration of land at Perton and its suitability for removal from the Green Belt High-level Landscape and Visual Appraisal.................................11 and allocation as a strategic residential site. Transport, Flood Risk + Drainage....................................................18 The report sets out our approach to a Planning Policy.................................................................................19 December 2019 landscape-led residential development that is supported by best practice design Copyright (2019) © One Creative Environments Ltd. All Rights Review of Wightwick + Perton........................................................20 Reserved. principles and a concept masterplan. No part of this document may be reproduced, copied, photocopied, translated, stored in or converted electronically into Constraints + Opportunities.............................................................23 a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form, or by any means. In addition, Plans and/or Images may use map data licensed from Ordnance Survey. © Crown Copyright. 3. Vision + Concept Any infringement of this user agreement may render the perpetrator(s) liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims Place making - what makes a great place to live......................25 for damages. Plans reproduced from Ordnance Survey® with Permission of the controller HMSO. Design Framework + Principles.......................................................27 Approval Record Revisions Concept Masterplan.......................................................................30 Ref Description By Date Summary...........................................................................................31 (P01) Draft Alison Osborne-Brown 02/12/2019 (P02) Quality Control Appendix Prepared By: Final Issue Alison Osborne-Brown 12/12/2019 Checked By: Mark Martin 12/12/2019 LVA Methodology............................................................................33 Approved By: Alison Osborne-Brown 12/12/2019 4 Landscape-led Masterplanning Representation Report: Land at Perton, South Staffordshire Landscape-led Masterplanning Representation Report: Land at Perton, South Staffordshire 5 1. Introduction Introduction Background Approach This landscape-led masterplanning The site is being promoted by Barberry on behalf of the Our approach to masterplanning is landscape-led from landowner Lord Wrottesley who has a real desire to provide a the outset, underpinned by a strong vision for a sustainable Representation Report illustrates the legacy. The site was promoted through South Staffordshire’s residential development with environmental sensitivity and potential for residential development Site Allocation Plan process at the Issues and Options stage in green infrastructure at its heart to deliver multiple social, November 2018. ecological and economic benefits. on land at Perton, South Staffordshire. His requirements are for an exemplar scheme that embodies Design principles are based on ‘place-making’ and This report follows on from previous submissions in design best practice and BFL12. The site is fully owned and ‘what makes a great place to live’ to provide around 600 controlled by Lord Wrottesley Voluntary Settlement (LWVS), the contemporary new homes with a real sense of community, respect of the same site at the Issues and Options beneficiaries of which have had an association with the area safe pedestrian /cycle routes and natural, wildlife-rich green stage, during late 2018. for over 900 years. spaces. The report forms part of a package of information prepared to support the promotion of the site as a strategic housing allocation to the South Staffordshire ‘Spatial Housing Strategy and Infrastructure Delivery Consultation’. The site comprises 30.1 hectares (ha) /74.35 acres of land immediately adjacent to the southern built boundary of Perton, a large village and civil parish that lies within Staffordshire County yet directly adjacent to Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough. The site is under the control of Barberry, and is sustainable, available, deliverable and suitable for residential development - to help meet the growth requirements of South Staffordshire for the plan period 2018 to 2037. Vision The site offers a sustainable and strategic residential opportunity to provide significant new residential development on Land at Perton. It is within close walking and cycling distance of local facilities. Everyone deserves The vision is to deliver a landscape-led, high quality residential development that responds to the qualities to live in a and characteristics of its landscape setting to create a desirable place to live, play and socialise. A distinctive and well-connected development that follows the principles of good placemaking - with healthy, generous, nature-rich public open spaces for informal recreation and enjoyment by the local community, strong walking and cycling routes, sustainable drainage, enhanced biodiversity and high visual wildlife-rich amenity. Five key guiding principles underpin the vision for the development: place. • Local character and quality • Green spaces for all • A walkable neighbourhood • Healthy living • Environmental sustainability Landscape-led Masterplanning Representation Report: Land at Perton, South Staffordshire 9 v Site Location Site Description Site’s Location to Facilities The site’s location benefits from a wide range of facilities The site is positioned in a highly The site is 30.1 ha (74.35 acres) in size, comprising four regularly within 400-700m (5 and 10 minute walk) in both Perton (South sized fields of agricultural land bound by mature, trimmed field accessible location immediately Stafffordshire) and Wightwick. (Wolverhampton Metropolitan hedgerows with the occasional hedgerow tree. It is relatively Borough). These include: Perton abutting Perton - a large village and featureless. • Educational facilities Perton Park civil parish - and Wightwick that forms The ground is relatively flat with gentle undulations. It lies at Golf Club 130m AOD on the western boundary and 125m AOD on the • Community and leisure facilities including library, medical the settlement edge of Wolverhampton eastern boundary with a fall into the centre of the site. centres, recreation grounds, play, golf course Tettenhall Metropolitan Borough. It lies on the upper flat plain of the local ridgeline that falls • Local shops and pubs Wood south of Pattingham Road. Administratively, the site is located within South The site is bound by Wrottesley Park Rd to the western Staffordshire on the border with Wightwick, part of boundary and Pattingham Road to the southern boundary. the Tettenhall Wightwick ward of Wolverhampton. The Site It is located directly and immediately adjacent to the southern built boundary of Perton, a large village and civil parish that lies within Staffordshire County yet directly adjacent to Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough. Wrottesley Park rd Park Wrottesley Perton Tettenhall Wood The site forms a narrow strip of land which separates the two Pattingham rd settlements, however this has been eroded to the east of the site where the two suburbs of Perton and Wightwick have now The Site Wightwick essentially merged. Merry Hill Aerial view of the site Site location (source: OS map 1:25000) NTS 10 Landscape-led Masterplanning Representation Report: Land at Perton, South Staffordshire Landscape-led Masterplanning Representation Report: Land at Perton, South Staffordshire 11 2. The Site National Character 66: Mid Severn Landscape Character Type: Sandstone High-Level Landscape and Landscape Baseline Landscape Character Sandstone Plateau Estatelands The site lies within the National Character Area Profile 66: Mid Visual Appraisal The components that make up the landscape baseline Severn Sandstone Plateau and at a local scale lies within comprise: Landscape Character Type: Sandstone Estatelands. A high level LVA has been carried out that • The landscape character of the site and surroundings comprises a desk-top study and on-site survey National Character Area Profile 66: • The landscape components i.e. topography, land use, field work and follows the Guidelines for The NCA describes the landscape character as predominantly vegetation, settlement